NE India Writing Star Contest
KRC Foundation launched the North East India Writing Star Contest on September 8, 2023, on the occasion of International Literacy Day.
The contest is being restarted post-COVID-19 pandemic by the organisation. KRC Foundation undertook such a contest in 2018-19.
The objective of the contest is to encourage writing skills among students, youths, working professionals, and homemakers as well as facilitate senior citizens a platform to express themselves.
The 2024 edition of the contest will be launched on 13th January 2024 on the occasion of National Youth Day.
Contest Duration:
Selection Round: 13th January 2024 to 30th June 2024
State Round: 15th July 2024 to 30th September 2024
Final Round: 16th October 2024 to 30th November 2024
Grand Finale: 15th December 2024
Felicitation of Winners: 13th January 2025
Categories:
The contest is divided into 5 categories,
A- Class- VI, VII, VIII
B- Class- IX, X, XI, XII
C-College & PG Students
D- Working Class & Homemaker
E- Retired & Senior Citizen (60+).
Participation Certificate:
A digital certificate will be sent via e-mail to all the participants.
Criteria:
The articles submitted will be judged on five different parameters, namely- style of writing, originality, topic chosen, error-free, and plagiarism.
How to send the articles:
e-mail: info@krcfoundation.org
(Please read the rules & regulations before sending your articles.)
Selection Process:
One can send as many articles as one wants between the competition dates of the Selection round, State round, and Final round.
The selected articles will be published on KRC TIMES platforms subject to the decision of the editorial board.
Those articles selected and published in KRC TIMES, the authors will then compete within their states for the selection in the Final round.
The state-wise competition will be held from 15th July to 30th September 2024.
The top three from each state under each category will ultimately be competing in the Final round which will be scheduled from 16th October 2024 to 30th November 2024
The top Twelve of each category will be competing in the Grand Finale.
The Grand Final will be conducted live and shall be based on topics given by the Editorial Board and the result will be declared on the same day.
The Grand final shall be on December 15th, 2024 and the final winners will be declared in each category.
In an event on 13th January 2024, the winners will be felicitated by the KRC Foundation.
Other Information
The competition will be held in English language only.
The entry is free and no participation prizes will be awarded.
A digital participation certificate will be sent to all.
Selected articles will be published in KRC TIMES and the link will be shared with the author via mail.
The competition is online based and articles should be sent to – info@krcfoundation.org
‘We want to spearhead a movement and encourage people to ‘write’ in order to express as well as develop a skill set which is always in demand’, said Biswadeep Gupta, Managing Trustee of KRC Foundation and founder of 5E for Success philosophy.
Rules & Regulation
(Please go through the rules & regulations before taking part in the contest)
The articles and write up should be sent in an email body as well as attached in word format. No scan copy should be sent.
The article should be between 600 to 1200 words. At the end mention name, address and category applying for. along with a digital copy of profile photo & ID card.
The article should be original and free from any kind of plagiarism.
Relevant copyright free photograph, video, infographics etc can be added along with the articles and is not mandatory.
KRC Foundation & its constituent entities, partner media outlets etc will have the right to publish the articles (if selected) and the ownership of the content sent in mail will always remain with the KRC Foundation.
The decision of the Editorial board & judges will be final. KRC Foundation has the right to reject acceptance of any articles in case any participants use any form of misconduct, abuse, trolling etc.
In case of any dispute, the court of Silchar, Assam shall be the Jurisdiction.
This is a contest to evolve a movement to create and encourage a writing spirit and no remuneration, prizes or any cost in any form shall be given to any participants. Only a digital participation certificate will be sent by email to the participants.
Winners of various levels will be also provided with digital certificates and their articles will be published in KRC TIMES and other partner channels and promoted in our social media handles in order to encourage and compliment participants.
Our editorial team may also provide constructive feedback from time to time.
Any form of lobbying shall automatically cancel participants' candidature in the contest even if they have crossed different levels and their articles are published.
The address of communication, contact no (Whats App), profile photo, short bio data should be sent along with the articles.
Any participants sending any articles also means that one has gone by the rules & regulation of this contest as described here.
The team of KRC Foundation may from time to time send communication related to various activities undertaken through email and Whats App to the participants.
Offensive, mischievous, malicious, controversial, highly sensitive or socially unacceptable or casual write ups, articles will not be entertained or tolerated and can be reported to authorities concerned.
